Tight spot in esophagus may signal advanced cancer
NCT ID NCT02372929
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looked at 100 people with esophageal cancer to see if a very narrow esophagus (stricture) is linked to more advanced cancer. Doctors used an endoscopic ultrasound to stage the cancer. The goal was to learn if a tight stricture means the cancer is harder to treat.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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100 people
The number who actually took part.
- Start date
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Apr 2012
- Finished
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Apr 2014
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
Who is studied
All patients referred for EUS for esophageal cancer staging will be eligible for participation in this study.
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: 1.All patients aged \> 18 yrs, who can provide informed consent and referred to Florida Hospitals Endoscopy Unit for EUS staging of esophageal cancer. Exclusion Criteria: 1. Age \< 18 yrs 2. Inability to provide informed consent. 3. Unable to safely undergo endoscopy for any reason 4. Coagulopathy (prolongation of Prothrombin time \> 18 secs, thrombocytopenia \< 80,000 platelets/ml) 5. Limited mental capacity or language skills to the extent simple instructions cannot be followed or information regarding adverse events and follow-up phone visits cannot be provided 6. Non-English speaking without a translator.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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Florida Hospital Center for Interventional ENdoscopy
Orlando, Florida, 32804, United States
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